We are analyzing connections now more than ever, our connection to one another, nature, our country, and humanity. The human experience carries an authentic universality that connects us all. These connections seem to arise from a collective subconscious that we all share, no matter our culture, generation, or gender. We recognize this exploration as human emotion, and our connections are at the core of it all. CONNECTION is a plurality of perspectives on connecting emotionally, physically, or spiritually and how the never-ending desire will stay with us always.

CONNECTION

First Place- The Conversation

Second Place- Intimately Connected
Oana Lauric
mixed media
Boston, Massachusetts

Third Place- Heartstrings

first awake
Margaret Minardi
colored pencil
Northport, New York

Postpartum Depletion
Nicole Ingalls
sculpture- fabric
Flora, Indiana

Human Connection

The Battle-Dance ii

The Lovers' Dance

Sense of Touch

halcyon of illecebrous meraki
Caitlin Slade
digital
Geneva, Illinois

For the People

Ascension

April 28th - May 17th, 2020

My Imagination Is Bothering Me

Stanley's Signature

Border(s): couple on Ukrainian border
Polina Isurin
oil on canvas
Scottsdale, Arizona

Abyss

Fried Dough

Silenced No More
Debra Archibald
acrylic on canvas
Toronto, Canada

El Enlace

Carmella's Afghan (detail)

Nobody Knows Me Like You

In It Together

Faces of the World
Joyita Ghose
silk painting with gutta resist and silk dyes on white silk
Milpitas, California

Fixation

Them

Argument

Unspoken

Buddha
Elizabeth Bonner
ceramic
Irving, Texas

We Are Relative

Union Square

Emergence of a Spark
Jennifer Ievolo
photography
New York, New York

Self Portrait: stigmata

David and Goliath

Sisterhood 1
Karen Kjell Rothman
oil and charcoal on canvas
Newton, Massachusetts

Odie's Ashes

Reflection

Atomic Grandchild

Letter to remember lost art
John James
watercolor
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Connections
Lindsey Morrison Grant
mixed media
Portland, Oregon

Sketch II
Ian Mabry
ceramic- stoneware, terra sigillata, ink, varnish
Smithville, Tennessee

Three Corn Maidens
Andra Stanton
mixed media quilt- hand-dyed cotton fabrics, synthetic fabric, perle cotton
Boulder, Colorado

Uneasy Travelor

May's Dress

Skewed Outlook

She

OUR LADY OF ARK
Judith Lungen
digital
Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem

Exquisite Corpse, 'Corpse Unveiled'
Lynk Collective- Bill Jaros, Nguyen Ly, and Christina Yasmin Fesmire
printmaking
Rancho Santa Margarita, California

In the Old Way
Linda Anderson
cottons, hand painted raw edge applique, machine stitched
La Mesa, California

Inner Uncertainty

Rough Play

Black Mask, Tilted
Mary Wemple
digital
Houston, Texas

Intersection

Adam&Eve
Anna McGuire
embroidery thread, cotton, felt
Carlsbad, California

Cog Mod - Multi-layered Neural Networkin(ing)
Michael Ricciardi
ink on paper/hand drawn (digitally scanned, over-lay)
Seattle, Washington

One Character Painting (Shou,寿)
Mengjia Lu
acrylic
Savannah, Georgia

Connected As One
Sookkyung Park
origami, raw bamboo, cotton thread & paper strings
Laurel, Maryland

Kenosis
Kylie Festen
colored pencil
Wheaton, Illinois

Love On Me

Three Graces
Pennie Fien
collage, digital media, color pencil
Redondo Beach, California

Inclusion
Barbara Murak
fiber - hand knitted-wool/acrylic yarn, personal manipulation technique
Getzville, New York

Hughes, Blake

Hope and Fear (diptych)

Anybody there?

The Pilgrimage
Mario Kiran
intaglio/etching
Odessa, Texas

Sharing. Jodhpur, India.

Love On Line
Brian Row
claybord, hydrocal, ink
San Marcos, Texas

Not in My Body

Tomorrow Belongs To Me

Disconnected
Nicole Ingalls
photography
Flora, Indiana

Stasis

Howe Sound Triptych
Eric Goldstein
mixed, string, plaster, acrylic paint on canvas
North Vancouver, Canada

Gratitude
Kasia Szczesniewski
mixed media-acrylic paint, paper, on wooden board
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

cma

PL-320

All I Need

Postcard 5L
Mike Kilgore
digital
Richmond, Texas

Roman Lovers
Krista Guerin
oil on canvas
Chicopee, Massachusetts